''Hylaeus mesillae'' is a species of
hymenopteran
Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...
in the family
Colletidae
The Colletidae are a family of bees, and are often referred to collectively as plasterer bees or polyester bees, due to the method of smoothing the walls of their nest cells with secretions applied with their mouthparts; these secretions dry int ...
. It is found in Central America and North America.
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Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Hylaeus mesillae'':
* ''Hylaeus mesillae cressoni'' (Cockerell, 1907)
* ''Hylaeus mesillae cressonii'' Cockerell, 1907
* ''Hylaeus mesillae mesillae'' (Cockerell, 1896)
References
Further reading
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Colletidae
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Insects described in 1896
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